He could scare him away once again high, the silver Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at the bottom of the space in the Arena that bears his name. And for your tennis hero Rod Laver collected all the build-up for the 80-year-old Australian, who will be 50. The anniversary celebrates. In 1969, Laver won for the second Time all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year, up to now, nobody has managed to do otherwise. But then, barely two hours later, Novak Djokovic kept those silver Cup, in your hands, because you got a premonition that the time may again be ripe.
in The world English first had played against Rafael Nadal are so relentlessly good that the Spanish term rival looked like a shadow of his former self. 6:3, 6:2 and 6:3 victory with only nine errors was a perfect performance and a einseitigeres Finale, there had been at the Australian Open, probably only in 2003, when Rainer Schuettler against Andre Agassi came under the wheels. “Exactly twelve months ago, I had my elbow surgery,” mused the 31-year-old Serb, “to be standing here with the trophy is unbelievable. I’m speechless.“ So speechless that his Comeback made in the last summer. Since Wimbledon, Djokovic is playing in a League of its own, winning the third Grand Slam in a row. “That was almost clinically, as Novak has played,” said the two-time Melbourne winner Jim Courier: “everything has worked and he has pushed Nadal on his game is smooth to the wall.”
50 years after Rod Laver, Djokovic could create perhaps even the real Grand Slam
at the start, Djokovic rolled over the 32-year-old Mallorcan. In the first three Games, he allowed Nadal only one point and attacked unconditionally to his Forehand, actually, the most dangerous weapon of the world rank list second. But Nadal, who had made in the tournament over the course of a sentence, got the first with Djokovic in the final of his first hard test and was smooth. Nadal fought, but with blunt weapons. The new tournament balls for the cool evening temperatures will be poison for the Spin that makes Nadal’s Forehand is so unique. In addition, the Spaniards had not so flexible, and always half a step too late at the ridiculous attack beats Djokovic in the field pounding.
On the premiums of the Serb, Nadal had no access. Only a single error Djokovic ran in the second sentence, he repeated with three aces in a row. In the third round of hope flashed for the first and only break ball of Nadal’s short, but it wanted to succeed simply nothing. “It wasn’t my night,” said Nadal, “but after my serious injury last year, it was still a very important tournament for me. And I will continue to fight.“ Nadal had to after the US Open in the autumn of an ankle surgery, and only in Melbourne practice game to get.
For Djokovic, it was also in his seventh final of the Australian Open, the seventh title – with this record he is now the new king of Melbourne. Much to the delight of hundreds of Serbian Fans, who transformed the Garden Square, at the heart of the Melbourne Park, in front of the video screen in a football stadium. Many Serbian emigrants live in the metropolis, so it felt for Djokovic after a home game. With its total of 15. The Grand Slam trophy he has open-minded almost to Nadal, holds 17 Major titles.
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Roger Federer, the best list is still in the lead with 20 trophies. But for how long? “Djokovic is likely to overtake Federer and Nadal,” forecast of the Laver in front of the much-anticipated final. In Paris at the end of may, will show whether Djokovic Nadal’s reign can even finish in Roland Garros. Then the half would be managed for the calendar Grand Slam.
